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Runoff solution Spring tomato growing season ocours during the time of year when wetlands are usually drying out. To prevent runoff from irrigation from drowning nearty wetlands, Pacific Tomato Growers instituted a runoff recovery iystem to recycle al es irrigation water. Origation water is fed into drie irigation tubes that apoly the water directly to the tomato plants' roots Water recovery sytem Water re-use system O Ater the water has been treated and dleaned, Eis pumped to the top of the fields and reused for irigation Irrigation reservoir Fihers Recovery pond Pump Pump Recevery Seepege pond The felds Wetland are designed with a 02 Ditch OWhen the water is needed agin for irigation, tis pumped out of the impation reservor. percent skope to allow gravity drain them. Surface water is pumped O surface runoff drecity from is captured by ditches the wetlands when no perforated pipes are along water present. However, both feed district sadelines. chlorinated and fitered. A system of perforated pipes buried about 2 feet beneath the surface at the bottom of the slope drains seepage that otherwise The water is then pumoed out of 5 dispersed recovery ponds into a 10-acre central imigation reservoir. fows into wetlands. into smal recovery ponds. "Daches occur only in fel without o perfireted ppe dainege spstem. This enomple ia being uned ta trate part of the lorger aytem. Results Approximately 80 percent of imigation water is absorted by the tomato plants and the remainder seeps into the ground. Without these mechanisms, runoffcontaining fertiler would fow into wetiands like the Fatford Swamp. With this kind of system in place, more imrigation water is pumped out of the wetiands of Futford Swamp than seeps in. SOURCE Pte omato Growers Gary Beue. agrionngreer STF GACEE M Runoff solution Spring tomato growing season ocours during the time of year when wetlands are usually drying out. To prevent runoff from irrigation from drowning nearty wetlands, Pacific Tomato Growers instituted a runoff recovery iystem to recycle al es irrigation water. Origation water is fed into drie irigation tubes that apoly the water directly to the tomato plants' roots Water recovery sytem Water re-use system O Ater the water has been treated and dleaned, Eis pumped to the top of the fields and reused for irigation Irrigation reservoir Fihers Recovery pond Pump Pump Recevery Seepege pond The felds Wetland are designed with a 02 Ditch OWhen the water is needed agin for irigation, tis pumped out of the impation reservor. percent skope to allow gravity drain them. Surface water is pumped O surface runoff drecity from is captured by ditches the wetlands when no perforated pipes are along water present. However, both feed district sadelines. chlorinated and fitered. A system of perforated pipes buried about 2 feet beneath the surface at the bottom of the slope drains seepage that otherwise The water is then pumoed out of 5 dispersed recovery ponds into a 10-acre central imigation reservoir. fows into wetlands. into smal recovery ponds. "Daches occur only in fel without o perfireted ppe dainege spstem. This enomple ia being uned ta trate part of the lorger aytem. Results Approximately 80 percent of imigation water is absorted by the tomato plants and the remainder seeps into the ground. Without these mechanisms, runoffcontaining fertiler would fow into wetiands like the Fatford Swamp. With this kind of system in place, more imrigation water is pumped out of the wetiands of Futford Swamp than seeps in. SOURCE Pte omato Growers Gary Beue. agrionngreer STF GACEE M